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Table 2 Antibiotic resistance patterns and their association with age, gender, and admission ward based on antibiotic pattern evaluation

From: Resistance pattern of isolated microorganisms from 783 clinical specimen cultures in patients admitted to Yasuj Educational Hospitals, Iran

Antibiotic

Total

Pattern*

P-value

Sensitive

Intermediate

Resistant

Age

Gender

Ward

Amikacin

328 (41.9)

236 (72.0)

42 (12.8)

50 (15.2)

0.028

0.004

< 0.001

Amoxicillin

212 (27.1)

32 (15.1)

14 (6.6)

166 (78.3)

0.005

0.805

0.035

Ampicillin

119 (15.2)

27 (22.7)

21 (17.6)

71 (59.7)

0.201

0.563

0.228

Azithromycin

23 (2.9)

1 (4.3)

1 (4.3)

21 (91.3)

0.349

0.167

0.329

Cefalexin

185 (23.6)

57 (30.8)

15 (8.1)

113 (61.1)

0.009

0.368

< 0.001

Cefazoline

105 (13.4)

29 (27.6)

12 (11.4)

64 (61.0)

0.851

0.643

0.004

Cefepime

37 (4.7)

20 (54.1)

5 (13.5)

12 (32.4)

0.127

0.701

0.809

Cefixime

272 (34.7)

89 (32.7)

13 (4.8)

170 (62.5)

0.019

0.494

0.006

Cefotaxime

179 (22.9)

67 (37.4)

19 (10.6)

93 (52.0)

0.021

0.645

< 0.001

Cefoxitin

64 (8.2)

26 (40.6)

3 (4.7)

35 (54.7)

0.055

0.036

0.311

Ceftazidime

51 (6.5)

17 (33.3)

6 (11.8)

28 (54.9)

0.523

0.205

0.379

Ceftizoxime

27 (3.4)

11 (40.7)

2 (7.4)

14 (51.9)

0.728

1.000

0.587

Ceftriaxone

278 (35.5)

108 (38.8)

20 (7.2)

150 (54.0)

0.045

0.030

0.055

Cephalothin

99 (12.6)

31 (31.3)

7 (7.1)

61 (61.6)

0.780

0.277

0.708

Ciprofloxacin

344 (43.9)

177 (51.5)

29 (8.4)

138 (40.1)

0.003

0.156

0.012

Clindamycin

67 (8.6)

22 (32.8)

10 (14.9)

35 (52.2)

0.120

0.293

0.134

Co-Amoxiclav

13 (1.7)

5 (38.5)

1 (7.7)

7 (53.8)

0.437

0.624

0.125

Cotrimoxazole

386 (49.3)

115 (29.8)

8 (2.1)

263 (68.1)

0.061

0.721

0.930

Doxycycline

9 (1.1)

7 (77.8)

0 (0)

2 (22.2)

0.764

0.167

0.049

Erythromycin

63 (8.0)

14 (22.2)

7 (11.1)

42 (66.7)

0.651

0.255

0.512

Gentamycin

632 (80.7)

424 (67.1)

57 (9.0)

151 (23.9)

0.065

0.014

< 0.001

Imipenem

46 (5.97)

24 (53.3)

10 (22.2)

11 (24.4)

0.018

0.903

0.318

Nalidixic Acid

183 (23.4)

41 (22.4)

29 (15.8)

113 (61.7)

0.685

0.197

0.732

Nitrofurantoin

361 (46.1)

246 (68.1)

58 (16.1)

57 (15.8)

0.069

0.063

0.003

Norfloxacin

140 (17.9)

71 (50.7)

5 (3.6)

64 (45.7)

< 0.001

0.004

0.003

Ofloxacin

134 (17.1)

56 (41.8)

4 (3.0)

74 (55.2)

0.032

0.033

0.544

Oxacillin

5 (0.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (100)

-

-

-

Penicillin

189 (24.1)

51 (27.0)

18 (9.5)

120 (63.5)

0.626

0.194

0.017

Rifampin

20 (2.6)

17 (86.0)

0 (0)

3 (15.0)

0.039

0.270

0.499

Tetracycline

65 (8.3)

25 (38.5)

8 (12.3)

32 (49.2)

0.531

0.718

0.151

Vancomycin

614 (78.4)

52 (30.8)

42 (24.9)

75 (44.4)

0.179

0.740

0.060

  1. * For pattern, the clear zones (zones of inhibition) were measured after 18 h by a scale and then compared to a CLSI chart, which contains information of standard measurements that indicate the particular sample is sensitive, intermediate or resistant to a specific antibiotic.